Record #:

19428

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Dortch was born near Rocky Mount in 1824. Educated in local schools,Dortch entered the famous Bingham School in Hillsborough and later studied law. During the Civil War he was a member of the Confederate Senate from North Carolina. After the war, he played a part in helping to enact into law many beneficial pieces of legislation in the state, and in 1881, he was appointed chairman of a commission that revised the North Carolina Code.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 44, Apr 1944, p7, 26, por

Subject(s):

Dortch, William Theophilus, 1824-1889